Half Elves

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The genetic merging of elf and human doesn't always produce perfect results and sometimes there are aberrations. These are called ''[[Errant]]s'', a less than perfect genetic merger that results in offspring with congenital birth defects that range from sterility to psychosis. While the physical aberrations are obvious and relatively blatant, the mental aberrations are somewhat less so and their onset can come without warning or they can manifest themselves in extremely subtle ways.
The genetic merging of elf and human doesn't always produce perfect results and sometimes there are aberrations. These are called ''[[Errant]]s'', a less than perfect genetic merger that results in offspring with congenital birth defects that range from sterility to psychosis. While the physical aberrations are obvious and relatively blatant, the mental aberrations are somewhat less so and their onset can come without warning or they can manifest themselves in extremely subtle ways.
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This is where the [[Elf#Physical persistance|physical persistance]] that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistance, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine.  
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This is where the [[Elf#Form persistance|physical persistance]] that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistance, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine.  
However, after several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundimentalists of the old Elven religion began a campaign of fear of these Errants. This eventuially lead to the [[Errant War]], sparked by religious paranoia. Through the fundimentalists, it crept into common elvish usage as a derogatory term for any half elf.  
However, after several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundimentalists of the old Elven religion began a campaign of fear of these Errants. This eventuially lead to the [[Errant War]], sparked by religious paranoia. Through the fundimentalists, it crept into common elvish usage as a derogatory term for any half elf.  

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Half Elves are part elf and part human, combining the best and worst traits of both races. They live longer (and mature more slowly) than humans do. Originally, the term applied only to direct offspring from an elf and a human, but the meaning changed when half elves themselves began to reproduce with each other and other elves.

While it is not explicitly mentioned, it is sufficiently implied to be taken as fact that all half-elves are mortal. They all gain the mortality of their human ancestors. All such human-mortal elven offspring are considered half-elves.

Errants

The genetic merging of elf and human doesn't always produce perfect results and sometimes there are aberrations. These are called Errants, a less than perfect genetic merger that results in offspring with congenital birth defects that range from sterility to psychosis. While the physical aberrations are obvious and relatively blatant, the mental aberrations are somewhat less so and their onset can come without warning or they can manifest themselves in extremely subtle ways.

This is where the physical persistance that they inherited from their elven line went from benefit to curse. Due to this persistance, they couldn't be cured of their congenital problems by either magic or medicine.

However, after several spectacularly destructive incidents, fundimentalists of the old Elven religion began a campaign of fear of these Errants. This eventuially lead to the Errant War, sparked by religious paranoia. Through the fundimentalists, it crept into common elvish usage as a derogatory term for any half elf.

Only elves refer to "errants". Humans and half elves use the more readily comprehensible "half elf."

This only applies to actual internal changes to how the elf/half elf’s body is made or works ... its genetic structure and the like.

Outside stuff like cuts, broken bones, bruises, or viruses are a completely different matter since those don’t really alter the body’s inherent make up in any way, normal healing affects those just fine.

Half Elves in Errant Story

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